Lieutenant-Colonel John Arthur Tallent CBE OBE (8 March 1911 – 14 April 2004) was a British Army officer and England international rugby union player of the 1930s.
Born in Chislehurst, Kent, Tallent was educated at Sherborne School and the University of Cambridge.
[1] Tallent, a Blackheath centre, was a Kent and East Midlands representative player.
[1] In World War II, Tallent served as second-in-command of a Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment with the Honourable Artillery Company.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 New Year Honours for services to rugby.